whipworthy

English

Etymology

whip +‎ -worthy

Adjective

whipworthy (comparative more whipworthy, superlative most whipworthy)

1. Deserving a whipping.
   • 1960, Lyon Sprague De Camp, The bronze god of Rhodes:

     "The whipworthy rogue would not have used me so foully had he not outweighed me by two to one."

   • 2001, Harry Turtledove, Sentry Peak:

     "We'll give those whipworthy bastards what they deserve yet, see if we don't."

   • 2012, Roberta Stewart, Plautus and Roman Slavery, page 95:

     Segal (1987, 137–169) recognized the omnipresent threat of the whip and, emphasizing that the whipworthy slave never gets whipped, put forward the idea of the comedy as carnival.